Crime · St Helens

Reported crime in St Helens

Name: St Helens crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

13,411 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 115 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

13,411

Rate / 1,000

115

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	5,541	41%
Anti social behaviour	1,303	10%
Public order	1,195	9%
Criminal damage and arson	1,064	8%
Shoplifting	1,063	8%
Drugs	1,010	8%
Other theft	674	5%
Vehicle crime	543	4%
Other crime	362	3%
Burglary	317	2%
Possession of weapons	120	1%
Robbery	105	1%
Bicycle theft	76	1%
Theft from the person	38	0%

Category by month

Category	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Total
Violence and sexual offences	522	422	424	420	381	455	462	440	496	533	510	476	5541
Anti social behaviour	104	117	67	80	86	98	100	94	156	160	147	94	1303
Public order	108	101	95	89	85	120	79	80	105	117	112	104	1195
Criminal damage and arson	100	108	72	92	94	105	103	80	76	90	81	63	1064
Shoplifting	74	81	80	62	73	87	97	102	108	80	119	100	1063
Drugs	99	92	92	74	71	200	92	70	57	62	34	67	1010
Other theft	67	62	58	47	55	57	41	53	67	60	44	63	674
Vehicle crime	30	40	52	39	33	37	58	38	35	70	75	36	543
Other crime	26	28	27	25	27	38	33	40	42	24	25	27	362
Burglary	37	25	33	22	13	22	29	20	25	28	39	24	317
Possession of weapons	6	13	8	7	8	8	7	14	18	18	7	6	120
Robbery	10	13	3	8	11	6	7	13	12	9	7	6	105
Bicycle theft	12	7	4	5	3	9	6	7	7	3	6	7	76
Theft from the person	8			4	1	5	2	2	4	6	3	3	38
Total	1203	1109	1015	974	941	1247	1116	1053	1208	1260	1209	1076	13411

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering St Helens, Oct 2025 to Sept 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 116,303.